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10-21-2007, 02:12 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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Need an ID on smoe weird looking slug
Not sure if s slug or not, it is about the size of a pea, grey with a black center. I keep finding these critters under the rocks when I move them around. Does anyone have any idea what they are and whether they are safe for my reef tank?
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10-21-2007, 02:20 PM
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Enjoy it now
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chattanooga, TN
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Got a picture? Probably just snails
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10-21-2007, 06:43 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
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10-21-2007, 08:32 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
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Got to go get my mr.magoo glasses for this one!
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10-22-2007, 06:37 AM
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Keeper of the Reef
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Probally a Limpet. Google "limpet" and see if the pics match 
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10-23-2007, 02:31 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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Nope. Not a Limpet. Sorry about the pic. I'll try to get a better one tomorrow. No shell on this critter. Feels and moves just like a slug. I have quite a few of them now and they avoid the light. Always under the rocks.
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10-23-2007, 07:04 AM
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Saltwater Mom
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Ga
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check stomatella. They don't have shells like regular snails. The shells of many of mine look just like the body, but you would have felt it I imagine. It's just a small flat shell that covers part of the "back".
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10-24-2007, 03:54 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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Not a stomatella either. Trust me, no shell what so ever. I've plucked a few already. I need to take a better pic of it with my digital camera.
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10-24-2007, 06:46 AM
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Saltwater Mom
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10-24-2007, 09:51 AM
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Enjoy it now
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Quote:
Originally Posted by El Latino
Not a stomatella either. Trust me, no shell what so ever. I've plucked a few already. I need to take a better pic of it with my digital camera.
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Yeah a better pic would help out some 
When do they come out? only at night?
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10-25-2007, 02:07 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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Got better pics today. Turns out with the water movement, the camera has a hard time getting in focus. As you can see, no shell on this specimen. Seems like I have quite a few of these critters in my tank. The darn things don't resemble anything on your links Jena.
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10-25-2007, 04:31 PM
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senior member
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are they free-moving, or re they attached to the substrate (can they move around?) How many are in the tnk? Are they more active at night thn day?
Any possibility of a good picure?
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10-26-2007, 02:35 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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The move around, they are usually found under the rocks as though preferring the dark and not sure how many there are. Seems as though every time I move a rock, I find one.
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10-26-2007, 12:55 PM
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Enjoy it now
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hmm..You are POSITIVE there is no shell? You sure it's not simply a flat shell? It MIGHT be an Atlantic Slipper. Those resemble 'feet' with sort of half a clam shell on their backs and are nearly impossible to pick up if they don't wanna be.
Put on some vinyl gloves and get a few out of the tank and inspect it closer and tell us if there is a shell or not on the back. |
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11-02-2007, 11:35 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Virginia
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I'll be doing a water change today and I'll attempt to get one or two out of the tank and take a closer look. Pretty sure there aren't arey shells but will confirm later. I'll take pics of it out of the water as well.
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